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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 1 |
| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 1 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 17 |
| 1877 | 10 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 4 |
| 1883 | 8 |
| 1884 | 9 |
| 1885 | 12 |
| 1886 | 12 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 8 |
| 1889 | 11 |
| 1890 | 2 |
| 1891 | 16 |
| 1892 | 43 |
| 1893 | 33 |
| 1894 | 26 |
| 1895 | 38 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 11 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 8 |
| 1904 | 7 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 7 |
| 1909 | 17 |
| 1910 | 2 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 2 |
| 1917 | 3 |
| 1918 | 1 |
125 stories matching float, the 48 most mentioned
People 20
- Eugene Semple1888–18954
- Coroner Horton1892–18944
- Henry Villard1884–18953
- Judge Hanford18953
- Sheriff McGraw1885–18893
- A. A. Denny1892–18952
- William H. White1888–18952
- E. O. Graves18952
- John H. McGraw1893–18952
- Watson Squire1885–18892
- Abner Abbott18912
- O'Brien1884–18872
- Frank Worth1884–18872
- Henry Bucey1894–18952
- Jacob Ralph18922
- J. R. Chaplin18922
- Mrs. Gore18912
- Mayor Appel19092
- Ansel White18952
- Smith Troy18952
Organizations 28
- Seattle City Council1882–189511
- Oregon Improvement Company1884–18957
- Northern Pacific Railroad1884–18956
- Seattle Board of Education1894–18954
- City of Seattle1889–18993
- Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company18953
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–18882
- Union Pacific1892–19092
- Hudson Bay Company1886–18932
- Great Northern Railway1895–19092
- Post-Intelligencer1882–18922
- Congress1885–18952
- Intelligencer1876–18802
- Northern Pacific1893–18952
- Western Central Labor Union1892–19042
- Humboldt18992
- Whitman College19032
- Seattle Typographical Union1888–18922
- Yakima Investment Company18952
- First Methodist Church18992
- Washington State Legislature1891–18952
- Seattle Lumber Company18852
- Everett Trades Council1909–19102
- Western Union18952
- Grant Brothers18922
- Olympia Improvement Company18922
- Idaho Washington Northern19092
- Appel Bros.1908–19092